Angelo
In Padua in 1549, Tisbe loves Rodolfo, but he loves Catarina, who is secretly his lover. Tisbe recognizes Catarina’s crucifix as the one her mother gave years earlier to a Venetian noblewoman’s daughter and secretly helps Catarina and Rodolfo escape Angelo’s jealous control. Catarina takes a sleeping potion, allowing her to be carried to a sealed crypt. Rodolfo, thinking Tisbe poisoned her, stabs Tisbe; Catarina awakens, and Tisbe blesses the couple before she dies.